22-12-2011, 05:08 PM
Scientists defend 'Armageddon virus' secrecy
December 22, 2011 by legitgov
ShareThisScientists defend 'Armageddon virus' secrecy 22 Dec 2011 Top US scientists have defended their bid to stop details of a mutant bird flu virus from being published and called for global co-operation to ward off an uncontrollable pandemic. Meanwhile, scientists involved in the experiments said they were co-operating with government officials and the editors of the journals Science and Nature to pare down their research for publication in the coming weeks. The controversy arose when two separate research teams - one in the Netherlands and the other in the United States - separately found ways to alter the H5N1 avian influenza so it could pass easily between mammals.
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